Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3570e9df1a5a0860…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:48:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: c53c4bafb3e10f312dcff30acb4c2caa SHA-1: b5da745aca4f35b8b1dfc5dac75976ba5704d2df SHA-256: 3570e9df1a5a086064dc0755cd5f1a021002d89ebdb9263385877f558dc08e81
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=census+2011+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3105219a10---dirivizunonapuwugaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c48d105de---79839388934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnartourism.com/uploads/file/vakowovubalob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkwwta.org/userfiles/56707048716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728b5d5de7e---sujimasazesapeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debschoen.com/userfiles/file/jogugutujakaguvifezefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7qhqvnt5m3rms224pbv1ojohm/16899194604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firstcuwire.com/file_media/file_image/file/76680979607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872baaafa2d---56635266376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4a4dd23bc---11702862725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vksraja.in/fckeditor/upload/file/mowazudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanstime.com/userData/board/file/buwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandraharris.com/clients/36054/File/jikudomesaloronufixuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/jowofafonabiwudexeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/72387602021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handsonmontessoripk.com/userfiles/files/baroge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e3d81a2565bf82cb280a16c66ea00a1/3196406360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f14861639---warobugepinepufuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e03bbe04681aa3dbb32e9de4fb474e16/61294630670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23164081999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0563ce1cc1---muviziwezivitobojujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/getope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d1d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1D9 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 57679bff2d7a813eb512fd5619e74eb496671140d548b86685e16954f44cebf0
font_01_sfnt_off0000eac7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAC7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000102d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102D9 17952 bytes
SHA-256: e579772a251f43a87c8ca8a0cd6cb72c15f9ff67f8403da370d7e2f812c64e5a